HSRC Research Outputs: Recent submissions

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Garden ownership as a solution to food insecurity in urban areas of South Africa: case of food gardens in Alice town, Eastern Cape province

Mcata, B. (2019-11-01)

Programs like Siyazondla Homestead Gardens, Siyakhula and Massive Food Production Program were introduced by the provincial government of the Eastern Cape Province with the aim of improving household food production, ...
Cultures of positivity: interonnectedness as a way of being

Wissing, M.P.; Schutte, L.; Fadiji, A.W. (Springer, 2020-01-28)

This chapter argues that a good quality of life and well-being is manifested in a culture of positivity emerging from meanings made in people's embeddedness in relations and life contexts. Interconnectedness is a fundamental ...
Social network interviewing: a southern methodological innovation that aims at maximising emancipation: understanding adolescence in African contexts

Mahali, A.; Swartz, S. (2020-01-28)

Social network interviewing (SNI) is an exploratory research and intervention tool from South Africa aimed at creating a template for young people to engage with community members in areas of concern for both. In SNI, ...
Trouble in our consensus about learning: the politics of learning in the contemporary period

Soudien, C.; Harvey, J. (Taylor and Francis, 2020-01-28)

The global learning community, led by researchers in fields such as psychology, sociology and pedagogics, had arrived at a consensus about the social and biological nature of learning until work in epigenetics brought new ...
Book review: Duncan, J. 2018. Stopping the spies: constructing and resisting the surveillance state in South Africa. Johannesburg: Wits University Press. ISBN 9781776142156

Adams, R. (Taylor and Francis, 2020-01-28)

In 2013, former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden leaked secret documents revealing that state agencies like the NSA had spied on the communications of millions of innocent citizens. International ...
The 'Fuck White People' phenomenon in South Africa: a discursive and statistical analysis

Swartz, S.; Nyamnjoh, A-N.; Roberts, B.; Gordon, S. (Taylor and Francis, 2020-01-28)

During the recent student protests in South Africa "fuck white people" appeared on T-shirts and walls. When understood only as anti-white sentiments, these words could cause panic and fear. However, we need to determine ...
Human rights law: tool for achieving equality and social justice

Bohler-Muller, N.; Zikhali, T. (Springer, 2020-01-28)

Modern human rights law developed out of customs and theories that established the rights of the individual in relation to the state. These rights were expressed in legal terms in documents such as the English Bill of ...
Patterns of investing into business R&D in South Africa

Molotja, N.; Parker, S.; Mudavanhu, P. (2019-11-01)

The paper explores the patterns of business investment in research and development (R&D) using evidence from companies in South Africa, in comparison with indicators for a number of other countries. This study covers the ...
Protecting information rights in South Africa: the strategic oversight roles of the South African Human Rights Commission and the Information Regulator

Adams, R.; Adeleke, F. (Oxford University Press, 2020-01-22)

Over the history of the recognition of information rights in South Africas Constitution, the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC), established in terms of the Constitution, has been the key custodian of the right ...
The killing fields: Marikana and the justice deficit

Swart, M. (UCT Press, 2020-01-14)

The Marikana massacre showed the post-apartheid state turning on itself by using state machinery to kill the most vulnerable. Marikana represents the ultimate betrayal of the promises the African National Congress (ANC) ...
Marikana unresolved: massacre, culpability and consequences

Rodny-Gumede , Y.; Swart, M. (UCT Press, 2020-01-07)

Between 11 and 16 August 2012 the Lonmin platinum mine at Marikana, in South Africa's North West Province, witnessed a tragedy in which 34 miners were killed, more than 70 injured and approximately 250 people arrested. The ...
A qualitative study on teachers' perceptions of their learners' mental health problems in a disadvantaged community in South Africa

Skinner, D.; Sharp, C.; Marais, L.; Serekoane, M.; Lenka, M. (2020-01-08)

The combination of extensive poverty, violence and HIV has potential mental health impacts on children in Southern Africa. This article is nested in a broader study to evaluate the strength and difficulties questionnaire ...
Principle and pragmatism in the liberation struggle: a political biography of Selby Msimang

Mkhize, S.M. (BestRed, 2019-06-05)

Henry Selby Msimang was one of the great South Africans of the twentieth century. Born in 1886 in Edendale, Pietermaritzburg, he was a founding member, interpreter and assistant to the Secretary General of the African ...
High physical activity is associated with post-traumatic stress disorder among individuals aged 15 years and older in South Africa

Peltzer, K.; Pengpid, S. (AOSIS Publishers, 2020-01-08)

Some research seems to suggest that physical activity (PA) was beneficial for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This study examined the association between levels of PA and PTSD among individuals 15 years and above ...
Correlates of sedentary behaviour among adolescents and adults with hazardous, harmful or dependent drinking in South Africa

Peltzer, K.; Phaswana-Mafuya, N.; Pengpid, S. (AOSIS Publishers, 2020-01-08)

There is lack of information on the correlates of sedentary behaviour among persons with alcohol use disorders. The study aimed to examine socio-demographic and health correlates among adolescents and adults with hazardous, ...
Correlates of physical activity among adults with anxiety symptoms in South Africa

Pengpid, S.; Peltzer, K. (Taylor and Francis, 2020-01-08)

The present study aimed to assess the correlates of low physical activity in adults with anxiety in South Africa Data from the South African National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (a cross-sectional survey in ...
Youth unemployment: statistics & solutions

Oosthuizen, A. (HSRC Press, 2020-01-09)

Labour-force statistics indicate that the official unemployment rate in South Africa rose to 29% in the second quarter of 2019, the highest in a decade. At a recent seminar, researchers from the HSRC and World Bank focused ...
Nedbank's green building journey

Nhamo, G.; Ntombela, N.; Chavalala, B. (Africa Institute of South Africa, 2019-11-01)

Banks own and occupy a number of building infrastructures in South Africa and beyond its borders. Most of these buildings accommodate hundreds of employees and attract customers who travel from varying locations and distances ...
Addressing indirect discrimination and gender stereotypes in AI virtual personal assistants: the role of international human rights law

Adams, R.; Loideain, N. (2020-01-07)

Virtual personal assistants (VPAs) are increasingly becoming a common aspect of everyday living. However, with female names, voices and characters, these devices appear to reproduce harmful gender stereotypes about the ...
Prevalence and associated factors of enacted, internalized and anticipated stigma among people living with HIV in South Africa: results of the first national survey

Peltzer, K.; Pengpid, S. (Earthscan, 2020-01-08)

This paper reports on the first national implementation of the People Living with HIV (PLHIV) Stigma Index in South Africa. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence and correlates of HIV-related stigma in a ...

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